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Sonpur Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Sonpur is a medium size village located in Bichhua Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 84 families residing. The Sonpur village has population of 333 of which 174 are males while 159 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 11.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonpur village is 914 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonpur as per census is 1533, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Sonpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonpur village was 71.53 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Sonpur Male literacy stands at 84.28 % while female literacy rate was 56.62 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sonpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sonpur village.

Sonpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 333 174 159
Child (0-6) 38 15 23
Schedule Caste 26 14 12
Schedule Tribe 234 124 110
Literacy 71.53 % 84.28 % 56.62 %
Total Workers 191 109 82
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 130 65 65

Caste Factor

In Sonpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.81 % of total population in Sonpur village.

Work Profile

In Sonpur village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 31.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.